Tuu music group
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Tuu was an ambient
group from the late 1980s to 1999.
Led by Martin Franklin, the band emerged from the post acid house
chill out
scene of early 1990s in the UK, blending electronica and the emerging sampling technology with traditional and invented global instrumentation.
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
group from the late 1980s to 1999.
Led by Martin Franklin, the band emerged from the post acid house
Acid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...
chill out
Chill out
Chill out may mean:*Chill out music, a laid-back style of music*Chill Out, an album by KLF*Chill Out *Chill Out, an album by John Lee Hooker...
scene of early 1990s in the UK, blending electronica and the emerging sampling technology with traditional and invented global instrumentation.
Personnel
- Martin Franklin – clay pot drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, bowl gongs, water drums, Tibetan bells, samples, and percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Richard Clare – fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
s and pan pipes - Mykl O'Dempsey – synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
s and samples - Rebecca Lublinski – bansuriBansuriThe bansuri is a transverse alto flute of Bangladesh, India and Nepal made from a single hollow shaft of bamboo with six or seven finger holes. An ancient musical instrument associated with cowherds and the pastoral tradition, it is intimately linked to the love story of Krishna and Radha, and is...
and Chinese flutesChinese flutesChinese flutes come in various types. They includeTransverse Flutes:*Dizi...
Discography
- 1993: One Thousand Years – SDV Tontrager, released by Waveform in the U.S.
- 1994: An Opening of the Earth – SDV Tontrager. Side project by Martin Franklin collaborating with sound artist Michael Northam
- 1995: Invocation – Hic Sunt Leones
- 1995: All Our Ancestors – Beyond Records (UK), Waveform (US)
- 1996: Maps Without Edges – Beyond Records (UK), City of Tribes Records (US). Side project by Martin Franklin collaborating with Eddy Sayer under the name Stillpoint.
- 1997: Mesh – Fathom/Hearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space Records is an independent record label owned by Valley Entertainment.From the label’s website, “Launched in 1984, this record label was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space...
- 1998: Terma – Fathom/Hearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space Records is an independent record label owned by Valley Entertainment.From the label’s website, “Launched in 1984, this record label was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space...
(Collaboration with Nick Parkin) - 1999: The Frozen Lands – 3-inch compact disc, Amplexus
- There are various compilation CD appearances that haven't been listed, notably, Planet Dog's Feed Your Head, Whirl-Y-Waves Vol #2, Excursions in Ambience, and Talvin Singh's Back to Mine.
External links
- Codetrip.net – official site of Martin Franklin (including a Tuu page)